Thanks again for the tips - I have now converted from the old IPB to phpBB 3.0.14. Before I upgrade to phpBB 3.3.14 I have a couple more questions.
First, the old IPB (v 2.3.4) board created thumbnails for larger image attachments, but the converted board doesn't recognize the thumbnails and just shows the full-size images. I imagine I could regenerate thumbnails, but is there some way to use the IPB thumbs? For each image with filename such as post-453-1212787892.jpg IPB created a thumbnail called post-453-1212787892_thumb.jpg. I've tried simply renaming the IPB thumbs to thumb_post-453-1212787892.jpg but phpBB still doesn't display the thumb. Do I need to manually edit the thumbnail field in the phpbb_attachments table to make phpBB display the thumbs?
Next, the IPB board had topic descriptions which don't appear on the phpBB 3.0.14 board. I suppose I can install a topic description add-on that supports phpBB 3.0.x, such as https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/ ... scriptions. Or after I upgrade to phpBB 3.3.14 I could install an add-on that supports 3.3.x such as https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/exte ... scription/. Is there any need to install a 3.0.x topic description add-on before the upgrade to 3.3.14, or would I be able to see the old IPB topic descriptions by simply converting to 3.3.14 first and then installing a 3.3.x topic description add-on?
Thanks again!
First, the old IPB (v 2.3.4) board created thumbnails for larger image attachments, but the converted board doesn't recognize the thumbnails and just shows the full-size images. I imagine I could regenerate thumbnails, but is there some way to use the IPB thumbs? For each image with filename such as post-453-1212787892.jpg IPB created a thumbnail called post-453-1212787892_thumb.jpg. I've tried simply renaming the IPB thumbs to thumb_post-453-1212787892.jpg but phpBB still doesn't display the thumb. Do I need to manually edit the thumbnail field in the phpbb_attachments table to make phpBB display the thumbs?
Next, the IPB board had topic descriptions which don't appear on the phpBB 3.0.14 board. I suppose I can install a topic description add-on that supports phpBB 3.0.x, such as https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/ ... scriptions. Or after I upgrade to phpBB 3.3.14 I could install an add-on that supports 3.3.x such as https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/exte ... scription/. Is there any need to install a 3.0.x topic description add-on before the upgrade to 3.3.14, or would I be able to see the old IPB topic descriptions by simply converting to 3.3.14 first and then installing a 3.3.x topic description add-on?
Thanks again!
Statistics: Posted by fredipb — Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:58 pm
